Leata's first attempt at 'scenic' photography, and she reckons it's pretty good! Yes we are staying at Dicky Beach, one of the seven beaches at beautiful Caloundra on the Sunshine Coast, and it's fabulous. The evenings and mornings are a bit cool, but the daytime temps are around 24 degrees, just perfect for beach walks and swimming. I took the photo above at 6.00 yesterday morning, just as the sun was coming up. Why was I up at 6.00 you may ask? Well, there is a family of birds living in the tree just beside us, and at 4.30am, something happens (we haven't worked it out yet), but the babies start squawking and squeaking really loudly, and then they quieten down again. Maybe mum has left the nest??? Then at 10 to 6 ALL the birds start, and the worst are the lorikeets, screeching madly, so I was wide awake and decided I might as well see the sun rise, it was well worth it!
Dicky Beach around 5.oo in the evening, and again at 6.00 in the morning on the right.
Dicky Beach is named after a shipwreck, as the sign says, and the photo on the right shows what is left of the wreck, an amazing sight on a beach!
This is where some of your pineapples come from! Yes those are pineapples right up to where the house is, plus the paddocks and paddocks of them which you can't see. Just so different to Victoria.
Why is wozzie looking so pleased with himself? Is it because we had just climbed Mt Tibrogurgan pictured below???? Well, how about walked around it, that's probably closer to the truth! We had a lovely two hour trek, and the views of the other Glasshouse Mountains are just sensational, as you can see from the photo at the right.
About three minutes after we took this photo the train went past! One can never quite escape suburbia!
Two more days at Caloundra, and then we are moving on to Alexandra Headland for a week, about 16 ks. up the road, just another part of this stunning area. We are starting to meet more and more 'grey nomads' from Victoria, they are all around ten or more years older than us, we are the babies! But apparently this is the time when the "Mexicans" start to move North for the Winter, so I reckon we are going to meet quite a few of them. It's interesting hearing other people's stories (they all have one to tell), and we get lots of reports about different caravan parks, where to stay and not to stay. Having a ball and loving it!
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